Thyssen to manage Airbus Helicopters supply chain

FRANKFURT Oct 9 (Reuters) - German industrial group
ThyssenKrupp has agreed a deal with Airbus to
manage the supply chain of metallic raw materials for Airbus
Helicopters.

ThyssenKrupp said its Aerospace division would manage
procurement, logistics, quality assurance and fine-tuning the
management of blanks - unfinished metal that is stamped out of
larger pieces of material - for Airbus Helicopters worldwide.

It said on Thursday the cooperation would take place for the
"coming years", without being more specific.

ThyssenKrupp Aerospace is part of the group's Materials
Services division, which distributes materials and provides
technical services for the production and manufacturing sectors.